"I'm not whining!"

Maya has been in trouble a fair bit recently for whining. It's been a struggle to get her to think first and whine second, as her default is to start whining and crying as soon as she begins to feel frustrated about something.

She asked me if I wanted to play Shopping List, so I replied that I would but that she needed to get it set up first and then I would come and play with her. When I walked back into the room, she was sitting with all the Shopping List pieces scattered around her, drumming her heels on the floor and making a fizzing sound through her clenched teeth.

As soon as she saw me, she adamantly stated:

"I'm not whining! I'm saying FZZZZZZZZZZZT!"

At least she's found a vent for her frustrations that doesn't set my teeth on edge :D

And this one I had to share...

Because Maya has finally decided to be a normal child and enjoy having bubbles in her bath! WOOT!

Mustn't leave Jungle out...

He's darkened a lot on his nose and back as he's grown older. He's still the same affectionate bunny but he does have a few 'problems' which we are hoping will be resolved by a trip to the vet and a little snip-snip ;)

Still as cute as ever!



This is his favourite place to sleep (well, actually his second favourite after underneath Maya's bed)- on the bottom shelf of the computer desk. Interesting choice!

We went to Virginia!

At the end of January, Maya and I flew off to Virginia to spend a few days with my friend Michele and her daughter Finley (who happens to be Maya's "baby exchange partner" - they send each other gifts every few months throughout the year). Whilst we were there we also managed to get together with the delectable April (I know she reads this blog so I had to say that) and her sons, Cameron and Azer. Shannon and Noah dropped in for a surprise visit and we went to Amanda's baby shower then subsequently spent the evening with her, Ryan and their daughter Ava. A very busy few days!

I'll be sharing more pictures soon, but I still haven't found the time to go through them all and sort them out. Here's just one to keep you going ;) April wanted to take some pictures of the girls wearing 'princessy' dresses for her website, and I took the opportunity to get in there with the camera too!

Trip to Storybook Land

Daddy went away for the weekend on a mid-program retreat, so I decided that Maya and I should do something fun :) I found a place in Oakland which sounded rather cute - Children's Fairyland!

We had a lovely time - there was plenty to see, including a Teddy Bear's Picnic puppet show and lots of storybook-related things to explore. Maya thoroughly enjoyed herself :)

Maya's balloons!

I'll start with this one, and a cute story to go with it :)

Maya and I caught a virus after going on 5 different planes in the space of 5 days. I guess it was to be expected but it was a pretty nasty cold combined with a chest infection that took a long time to decide to clear up, so we were both feeling rather under the weather for a couple of weeks.

Granny sent some balloons to cheer Maya up:


Maya was thrilled with her balloons and, after I told her that Granny had sent them to make her feel better, she took to going around offering them to us and saying "Here - hold my balloons. They make you feel better!"

Lots of updating to do!

Finding the time to do just about anything is getting more and more difficult since Maya has decided to give up her naps. I've allowed this blog to get very behind - hopefully I'll be able to catch up today!

These aren't going to be in any kind of chronological order, for which I apologise ;)